THE SCHOLAR STORY
There was once a man who lived in a country that had no fruit trees. This man was a scholar and he spent a great deal of time reading. In his reading he came across references to fruit. The descriptions of the fruit were so enticing that he decided to make a journey to experience fruit for himself.
He went to a market and asked everyone he met who knew about fruit to give him directions for where to find it. He made a map and carefully followed all the directions to get to where he could find fruit. Finally he found himself at the entrance of an apple orchard. It was springtime and the apples were in bloom.
The scholar entered the orchard and proceeded immediately to take one of the blossoms to taste it. He liked neither the texture of the flower nor the taste. He went to another tree, then another, until he had sampled blossoms from all the trees. Each blossom although beautiful was quite distasteful to him. He left the orchard and returned to his home country and reported to his fellow countrymen that fruit was much overrated.
1. Did the scholar succeed in his quest to discover what fruit is like?
He went to a market and asked everyone he met who knew about fruit to give him directions for where to find it. He made a map and carefully followed all the directions to get to where he could find fruit. Finally he found himself at the entrance of an apple orchard. It was springtime and the apples were in bloom.
The scholar entered the orchard and proceeded immediately to take one of the blossoms to taste it. He liked neither the texture of the flower nor the taste. He went to another tree, then another, until he had sampled blossoms from all the trees. Each blossom although beautiful was quite distasteful to him. He left the orchard and returned to his home country and reported to his fellow countrymen that fruit was much overrated.
1. Did the scholar succeed in his quest to discover what fruit is like?
I believe the scholar didn’t succeed in his quest to discover what fruit tasted like because when he was at the orchard, instead of eating fruit, he was eating blossoms.
2. What can we learn about researching from this story?
You have to prepare and also ask the correct questions or else you won’t get the correct answer.
3. Divide a page in half, brainstorm, and list all of the things the scholar did correctly. On the other side of the page list all of the things he should have done but did not do or did not do well.
CORRECT INCORRECT
CORRECT | INCORRECT |
He decided to experience fruit for himself. | Didn’t ask for specific directions to fruit. |
Read a lot of books | He didn’t make sure that he was eating fruit. |
Made a carefully detailed map | He reported to the country men that the |
Made a carefully detailed map |
